Robots, Learning, and Play

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Scott Noppe-Brandon

Here’s an imaginative idea: Latitude, an international research consultancy, asked 348 children around the world, “What if robots were a part of your everyday life—at school and beyond?” The kids were to answer in the form of an illustrated short story. Now the results of the Robots @ School study are in, and they reveal [...]

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Technology and the Arts: Can They Play Well Together?

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Christopher St. Clair

The impact of technology on the arts has been a matter of debate at least since we had to be reminded to turn off our cell phones in performance halls. At Lincoln Center Institute (LCI), we always prided ourselves on espousing the latest technology, but we also insisted on engagements with live performances. This duality [...]

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Stepping Stones

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Scott Noppe-Brandon

In “Where We Go From Here – Combine Education and Technology for Creativity,” a guest column for online economic development journal Exchange, Larry Kilham writes about the connection between technology, imagination, and education. He remarks early in the article, “There is a need for a new kind of thinking in the face of the recently [...]

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Challenge Your Challenges

Posted on September 25, 2009 by Eric Liu

Scott Noppe-Brandon and I believe fundamentally that imagination can be developed and stimulated. It’s not a “you-got-it-or-you-don’t” thing. And the evidence of this is all around us. Just the other day, for instance, Netflix announced the winners of a $1,000,000 prize for the team that could develop the most effective predictive modeling software (“if you [...]

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